2024 Castle Point Borough Council election
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The 2024 Castle Point Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the
Background
Castle Point was a traditionally Conservative council. The Conservative controlled the council from 1976 until 1995, when the Labour Party won a majority.[1] The Conservatives retook control in 2003. This majority lasted until 2022 (aside from a period of no overall control from 2014 to 2015),[2] when the council again fell into no overall control.
In the most recent election, the People's Independent Party gained 6 seats with 35.4% of the vote, the Canvey Island Independent Party held the 6 seats they were defending with 20.2%, and the Conservatives lost 6 with 28.5%. Following the election, the CIIP and PIP formed a majority coalition.[3]
Boundary changes
Castle Point usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[4] The change reduces the number of councillors by 2. The electoral system is due to change to whole council elections every 4 years following a vote by the council.[5]
Old wards[6] | No. of seats | New wards | No. of seats |
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Appleton | 3 | Appleton | 3 |
Boyce | 3 | Canvey Island Central | 3 |
Canvey Island Central | 3 | Canvey Island East | 3 |
Canvey Island East | 3 | Canvey Island North | 3 |
Canvey Island North | 3 | Canvey Island South | 3 |
Canvey Island South | 3 | Canvey Island Winter Gardens | 3 |
Canvey Island West | 2 | Hadleigh St James | 3 |
Canvey Island Winter Gardens | 3 | St George's | 3 |
Cedar Hall | 3 | St Mary's | 3 |
St George's | 3 | St Michael's | 3 |
St James | 3 | Tarpots | 3 |
St Mary's | 3 | Thundersley North | 3 |
St Peter's | 3 | Thundersley South | 3 |
Victoria | 3 |
Previous council composition
After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[7] | After 2024 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
CIIP | 16 | CIIP | 15 | CIIP | ||||
PIP | 16 | PIP | 16 | PIP | ||||
Conservative | 9 | Conservative | 8 | Conservative | ||||
Independent | 0 | Independent | 1 | Independent |
Changes:
- December 2023: John Payne (CIIP) dies
- March 2024: Godfrey Isaacs leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent[8]
Results
2024 Castle Point Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
CIIP | 15 | |||||||||
PIP | 24 | |||||||||
Conservative | 22 | |||||||||
Labour | 25 | |||||||||
Canvey Residents' Alliance | 13 | |||||||||
Green | 2 | |||||||||
Independent | 1 |
Candidates
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Castle Point Borough Council following the close of nomination on 8 April 2024.[9] Thirteen of the thirty-five Conservative nominations were rejected as invalid. An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
Appleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Dixon | ||||
Conservative | Wayne Johnson | ||||
PIP | Diana Jones* | ||||
PIP | Lorraine Larman | ||||
Labour | Mark Maguire | ||||
PIP | Lynsey McCarthy-Calvert* | ||||
Conservative | Barry Webb | ||||
Labour | Charlie Young | ||||
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Canvey Island Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CIIP | Lorraine Breading | ||||
Canvey Residents | Mickey Finn | ||||
CIIP | Jamie Huntman | ||||
CIIP | Peter May* | ||||
Canvey Residents | Lisa Megennis | ||||
Labour | Terry Miller | ||||
Canvey Residents | Sean Quartermaine | ||||
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Canvey Island East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CIIP | Susan Brooke | ||||
Labour | Daniel Curtis | ||||
Canvey Residents | Michael Griffin | ||||
Conservative | John Last | ||||
Conservative | Rachel Ojo | ||||
CIIP | Carole Sach* | ||||
CIIP | Grace Watson* | ||||
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Canvey Island North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CIIP | Dave Blackwell* | ||||
Conservative | Nikki Drogman | ||||
Labour | Anita Duffield | ||||
Labour | Brendan Duffield | ||||
CIIP | Michael Fuller* | ||||
CIIP | Nick Harvey* | ||||
Conservative | Pat Haunts | ||||
Canvey Residents | Kevin Hobbs | ||||
Canvey Residents | Paul Joiner | ||||
Canvey Residents | Jade Pittman | ||||
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Canvey Island South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CIIP | Barry Campagna* | ||||
Canvey Residents | Jamie Coronado | ||||
Labour | Heidi Cox | ||||
Labour | Katie Curtis | ||||
Canvey Residents | Leah Griffin | ||||
Canvey Residents | Scott Griffin | ||||
Conservative | Joan Liddiard | ||||
CIIP | Barry Palmer* | ||||
CIIP | Janice Payne* | ||||
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Canvey Island Winter Gardens
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Darren Brown | ||||
Green | Bob Chapman | ||||
Labour Co-op
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Moreblessing Chasiya | ||||
Canvey Residents | Praise Coronado | ||||
Conservative | Ivor Earl | ||||
CIIP | Peter Greig* | ||||
Canvey Residents | Michelle Griffin | ||||
Canvey Residents | Natalie Lawrence | ||||
Labour Co-op
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Maggie McArthur-Curtis | ||||
CIIP | David Thomas* | ||||
CIIP | Graham Withers* | ||||
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Hadleigh St James
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Aimme Harbinson | ||||
Conservative | Simon Hart* | ||||
PIP | Kate Knott | ||||
PIP | Duncan MacPherson | ||||
Labour | Dina Mehdi | ||||
Labour | Charlotte Reilly | ||||
Conservative | Jacqui Thornton* | ||||
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St George's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Nicola Benson* | ||||
Green | Billy Brew | ||||
Independent | Steven Cole | ||||
Conservative | David Cross | ||||
Conservative | Paul Harbord | ||||
PIP | Nanine Pachy | ||||
Labour | Jackie Reilly | ||||
PIP | Dean Silk | ||||
Labour | Freddy West | ||||
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St Mary's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Sharon Ainsley* | ||||
Labour Co-op
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Laurence Chapman | ||||
Labour Co-op
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Joe Cooke | ||||
Conservative | Roxanne Goldfinch | ||||
PIP | Rob Lillis* | ||||
Labour Co-op
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Georgina Morgan-Bates | ||||
PIP | Russ Savage* | ||||
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St Michael's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Tim Copsey* | ||||
PIP | Warren Gibson* | ||||
PIP | John Knott* | ||||
Labour | Amie Maguire | ||||
Labour | Jacqueline Warner | ||||
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Tarpots
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Kieron Bowker* | ||||
PIP | Michael Dearson* | ||||
Labour | Holly Foxen | ||||
Labour | Susan Foxen | ||||
Conservative | Sunil Gupta | ||||
Conservative | Andrew Sheldon | ||||
PIP | Benn Wimbledon | ||||
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Thundersley North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret Belford | ||||
Labour | Bill Emberson | ||||
Labour | Helen Emberson | ||||
PIP | Tom Gibson* | ||||
PIP | Gareth Howlett* | ||||
PIP | Steve Mountford* | ||||
Conservative | Vincent White | ||||
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Thundersley South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gwyn Bailey | ||||
PIP | Matt Cortes | ||||
Conservative | James Cutler | ||||
Labour | Andrew Darling | ||||
PIP | Laurie Dixon | ||||
PIP | Allan Edwards* | ||||
Conservative | Adrian Roper | ||||
Conservative | Andy Thornton* | ||||
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References
- ^ Including one vacant seat at Canvey Island North last held by CIIP.
- ^ "Castle Point Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Conservatives lose power in Castle Point after a decade". ITV News. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Niewinska, Lina (5 May 2023). "'Incredibly honoured' - Elected Independents celebrate Castle Point victory". Echo. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ The Castle Point (Electoral Changes) Order 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Meyler, Piers (5 February 2024). "Council agrees change in voting system". Essex Live. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "The Borough of Castle Point (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/2440, retrieved 27 March 2024
- ^ "Councillors". Castle Point Borough Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "CASTLE POINT". www.localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED". Castle Point Borough Council. Retrieved 8 April 2024.